We arrived in Busan, which is the second largest city in Korea and is on the South Eastern Coast, just before 12 and grabbed a taxi to our hotel. We are staying at The Commodore - which has been built to look like a Korean temple - and is a little spiffy for us! After we had checked in walked to the Busan tower so that we could get an idea of what Busan looks like. The short answer is huge!
The park around the tower (Yongdusan Park) is very pretty - lots of stairs (again), large trees, gardens and statues. It was easy to take a gazillion pictures and the hard thing will be to edit it down later.
After the park we grabbed a taxi to Taejongdae - which is a large park on the coast. There is a tram that takes you around the park and you can jump on and off at the stops that you want to. We stopped at a lookout overlooking the ragged cliffs to the sea, a small temple, the observatory and lighthouse and finally at the small Korean War memorial before walking our way back to the entrance. We probably spent about 2 hrs there before grabbing another taxi back to our hotel.
We have just had tea - here at the hotel. We were all too exhausted to head out to find somewhere to it, so a quick tea in the restaurant (western food to Han's horror and dismay). Now back in our rooms - and we will all be crashing early tonight.
Not quite sure what to think of Busan yet - but I know for a fact that the taxi drivers are maniacs!
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